Knockdown receptacle



May 6, I1930.

W. RASTER KNocKDowN RECEPTACLE Filed May 19, 1927 2 Sheets-Shea?l l MlnMay 6, 1930.v w. RAsTER KNOCKDOWN RECEPTACLE Filed May 19, 1927 2Sheets-Sheet 2 #by l Inlli WAL'rHER nAstrE/n,orfcHIcAGqiLLrNoIs l saiddrawings: 1,

Patented May 6, 193()v 'lxNocKnowN y "IApplicration filed VIllliay 19,

i VThis invention hasfor-its objecttopprovide a receptacle and partitionwalls thereforcapable of being -variouslyeasily associated to divide thereceptacle into a number Vof compartments "of the same or cli-Herentsizes by the purchaser of the component elements of the ultimatestructure and,- further,

to provide the receptacle and partition lwalls therefor insuch formas topermit' nesting thereof for Y convenience and protection against injuryin shipment.

' Awfurther object of the invention is to provide an' ultimate completedstructure which is cheap and durable and wherein, in its prestruction ashereinafter iully,described.y VvIn yFigure 1 is a top plan view of acompleted receptacle constructed in accordance ,with

theinvention.V Y Y Figure2 is a section of thesame on the line y 2,-?2of Figuref'l. e, Figure 3 is a section'of thesame on the `line ama ofFigure 1;

of embodiment ot the inventiomV 'Y Y Figures 5 to Sinclusive arevsectional views of the same on "the lines 5 5, 6-\6,f7-.f7, 8-'8 andand5. Y l, v, f In theI embodiment shownfin Figures l to 3, ,Il employai rectangular receptacle l havo, mg Haring or divergent peripheralwalls Zand 3 respectively; This receptacle jhasfa Y Yiiat bottom-whichis provided withaplural- Vity of rows of pairs of parallel slots 4l andla plurality of rowsotfslots 5, .thelatter'weir-V tendinglat rightangles tothe slots 41 and i parallel with the walls 13, Sthe slotslfbeing parallel with the walls'2. "The, slots @and andk, respectively,of each'pair'are equally spaced apart, and each pair `ot slotsof each`Figure 4 is a top plan view of another form Y 9 9, respectively', "OffFieles?. 4f

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.row is equally spaced from the vnext adjacent` or suc(seeding. pair. i'The zrows kot pai'rsjot Y slots 4 -interse'ctthe-rows of pairs otslots,o

5 midway kbetween two-contiguous pairs of slots-5 and viceversaas'clearly shownY inl vkFor dividing the receptacle into'aplurali-ty ofcompartm'ents, I provide inverted A,lf-shaped partitionwalls '6, 7,8 and 9, made Vpreferably of sheet metal and providedv alongthe Vfit'reevedges ot'- their component langes withprojectionsor tongues10 adaptedto 'pass through the" slotsf and 5 Vand-be bent overforclinched against the lower `tace oi thereceptacle*bottom.` v e' Theangle of divergence ofthe component vflanges otthe respective` partitionwalls is preterablyequalto the angle of divergence. of the several'pairs otfopp'osed vperipheral -walls 2v and 'fot the receptacle in orderthat the endsV or Vend.l edges .of said component flanges of `the[partit-ion wallsmay be all Varranged-to extend at thesame angle to eachv other as do thefsaid component tianges thereA of, thus causing saidends lto lie in snug contactV with the' opposed surfaceA suchy as theinner tace of a peripheralw'all 2 or 3 or an louter tace ot ,artransverse `v.partition wall v'vhenlsaid partition walls: are mountedin the receptacle. 'f n -v y'The respective partition Walls 6, 7, 8 and9 walls' beingot suchfV lengthas lto have their are made inrespectivelyV diiferent lengLhs, the f,

ends contact with "opposedinner'aces ot Vone'pairfot peripheral'vvallsor 3, the Apar- 'ttionv walls 7 Vof l'such lengtlrasV tov fit `bep shorter'than walls 7 to fit between two trans- Vversely disposed walls 6'or 7' or `,between one i of ,said walls and, awall otl'thegreceptacle,it :beingfobviousthat thelengths 'of thesaid l and9 5,'respectively,jthenumber of sizes. i. e. lengths'ot such partition",wallsbeng;v'aria'blellalso.` ltwill turtherfbeobvious that jthe rows otperforations `iandf, respectively, l are' `equallylspaced vvfrom eachAother andthe 'peripheiaiwalls '2 and Sfas to middle 'lines or several ypartition walls must" be regulated 'by' Y the number otrows of pairs ofperforation's (95k tweena partition wall 6 and wall 2 or?) paralileli'there'witm'and partition walls 8 beingV medial planes of said rows.Thus, vas illustrated, there are threerows of perforations 4 and threerows of perforations 5, and only v four different lengths of partitionwalls 6,

' 7, 8 and 9 will be required for effecting all pos? sible subdivisionof the receptacle 1. VIn short, the number of varying lengths. of`partition `walls will `be determinedby -the'greatest number, plus one,of'rows Vof Vperforations 4 or -fprovided between either the peripheralwalls2 or the peripheral 'walls"3.` The invention may also beembodied asillustrated in Figures 4 to 9 inclusive, where- Y. in there is a sheetmetal.. plate .2O provided with rows of slots 21 and 22, respectively,vwhich Yconstitutes the bottom .wall of the receptacle, said Sheet beingprovidedwith a y pair of opposed doublethicltfside edge flanges latter.

23 presenting smooth outer walls. The inner walls of the saidflanges 23are provided with pairs of opposed odset lugs 24 struclrfrom the bodythereof and disposed so that the free spaces between said pairs-of lugsV24 lie in the .vertical planes of the rows of perforations21.-

vApair of detachable doubleethiclr walls 25 is provided Vwhichcorrespondy inV structural characteristics with the side walls exceptthat they are providedalongtheir lower edges.

with tongues 26 which engage in the perforations or slots 21 of theoutermosty rows vof the The endeages ofthe plate Qo are V fi-)1aed everupon the body portion to Yprovide shoulders 27 which border theouter'rows of per-v forations 21 andA abut theflower edge por` tions ofthe outer portions; of the end walls 25. The inner portionsof/thewalls25 are Vprovided at theirends with flanges 28 extending atright angles thereto, The outer yportions of the side walls` 23areprovidedlwitb {ianges 29 which are folded over Ythe edges `of theinner portions of said walls. Thefree edges of the flanges 29 areopposed to sets ofprojections or lugs 24 whichengage the flanges 28,'thesaid free edges of thefianges 29-abutting the outer facesV of thelendwalls 25b and coacting. with the last-mentioned lugs .24 to hold saidend wallsvand'side walls 1nV proper relative positions.

plate of` sheet. metal 'folded along a medial Partitionl walls 30, eachconsisting of a line, are provid-ed.` Each of the latter is pro- "videdat its Yends'with oppositely projecting flanges 31for engagement bypairs of lugs 24 of the peripheralv walls 2 5. and 23 or 'withv pairs ofsaid lugs 24 of other partitionwalls, eachof'thelatter which is.ofgreater length than the distance between adjacent rows of z said slots21 or -22b`eingpro`vided on opposite v :6.0 Y

sides with saidpairs oflugs 24. c

The said: pairsof klugs 24 of the peripheral vwalls 23 and 25 and ofthepartition wallsf30 lare, infV every instance, so located as to be 1n`alignmentgwith' .the row. of slots21 or 22 f with respect to,` whichsaid. walls 'extend Vtition walls and the end walls. The tongues 32 larelbent"'divergently to engage the lower Vceptacle into compartments to'.suit his needs.

face ofthe receptacle bottom, as shown.

.The receptacle of Figures 4 to 9. inclu`sive, f

differs fromthatofFigures 1.v to. 3 in that the .y n

partition,` and peripheral walls Vthereof eX- tend .perpendicularly tothe bottom wall and are interlocked with' each other, 'this inter?locking 'being unnecessarylin thestructureof Figs. 1 tof3 by reasonofthe shape of the partition walls and the spacing ofthe tonguesthereof.` L. Y

rllhe structure of Figs. 4r.to 9Vinclusive,3s intendedqto be shipped indissembled forin with the side walls thereof `sufficiently. diVYvergentVV to permitujnesting. The partition wallsV are 'intended to be:sold separately from the receptacle perse ".o`fFigs; 1fte-3cr thereceptacle parts of Figs. 4to 9,4 the 1purchaser selecting the. numberand lengthsof partitionV wallsA desired for subdividingthe :re-

It lwill be noted .that Athev partitionwalls are of respectiveV llengthsconstituting Qi'nu'l- .tiples ofthe distancebetween adjacentslots 111.00

of va row'and, likewise, of the Vdistance between adjacent 'parallelrows of'said slotsl' I claim as my invention i 1. A receptacle providedin `its bottom .with rows of slots extending transversely ofea'ch other,the slots of'ea'ch'rowbeing equidis- `1er tantfrom each otherandarranged with r'e" Vspect to the other row midway between jpointsV ofintersection of said rows, "theflatterbeing spaced'from each other aVdistance equal'to the spacing of the "per-f'rations frorn eac h other,4and partition walls provided at their loweri'edges with bendabletonguespassed Vthrough saidslots andbentoverrupon the lower face of thereceptacle bottom,'said par. tition` walls being lengths.constituting'-multiplesof the spacingfolf-jsaid"rowsoffslots l VfrQnleach Others i afflat bottom wallequipped withtwosetsof parallel rowsoffslots, said. sets fof rows-ex.- tending transversely ofl eachotherand of the peripheral`walls,thelslots .ofeach row l being Vequallyspaced .from eachr :othera fdisl tance equalftothe spacingofftwo'ad-jacent Y `rows fromeach other', the latter. inteSfCtin'g .125 .aeachother atfp'oi'iits {midway vbetween 'adiacent `per-forations l"andv'partition wa'lls. equipped on theirlower, edgeswithY tongues Yengaging,'throughfsaid'slots:to holdsaifd v l partition walls indesire'drelativepositions. L30 Y 3. 'A receptacle having a atbottomwall, Y'

aring inclined peripheral walls, and invert- Ved V-shaped partitionwalls, some'of the latfor' abutment against the peripheral walls and tercorresponding in length with a diameter of the receptacle and others ofless length, all

of said partition walls having`V inclined ends side faces of otherpartition Walls, each ofsaid Y, p partition walls `equipped at the loweredgesV -10 of its component :flanges with tonguesv spaced from the endsthereof, there being pairs of slots in the bottom wall ofthereceptaole.` v arranged in parallel rows, some of the latter v Yextending longitudinallyl and others transversely of the receptacle andengaged with said tongues for retaining said partition Walls in desiredrelative positions.`

4. A receptacle provided in its bottom with f two sets of relativelytransversely arranged f f rows of means Jfor attaching partition wallsthereto, themeans of each row being equi!l distant from Veach otherand'arranged with respect tothe means of transverselyextendf n ing 'rowsmidwaybetween points of intersecn tion of said relatively transverselyvarranged rows, the said rows of each set being parallel and spaced fromeachother a distance-'equal to thespacing of the means of any row fromeach other, and partition walls provided with means coacting with thefirst-named means for detachahly securingsaid walls to the receptaclebottom, said partition walls beingV of lengths constituting multiples ofthe spacing of said rows from each other.

WALTHER EASTER.l p Y

